Description Of A New Genus With Six New Species From Southern Brazil, Uruguay And Argentina, With A Discussion Of A Putative Characid Clade (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)
Author
Malabarba, Luiz R.
Author
Weitzman, Stanley H.
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Comun. Mus. Ciênc. Tecnol. PUCRS
2003
2003-07-01
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10.5281/zenodo.10813265
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10813265
Cyanocharax alburnus
(
Hensel, 1870
)
Figs. 50-51
Tetragonopterus alburnus
Hensel, 1870: 85
. Type locality: Rio Cadea [rio Cadeia, tributary of rio Cai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]. Holotype: ZMB 7477.
Bryconamericus alburnus
. ‒
Eigenmann, 1910
(new combination).
Astyanax hasemani
Eigenmann
in
Eigenmann, Henn & Wilson, 1914: 10
. Type locality: Porto Alegre [Brazil]. Holotype: FMNH 56659 [ex CM 5476]. -
Géry, 1977
(discussion of the generic position). -
Malabarba, 1983
(Redescription, discussion of possible relationships and figures). -
Malabarba, 1987
(placed as junior synonym of
Astyanax alburnus
(Hensel)
; holotype figured).
Astyanax alburnus
. ‒
Malabarba, 1987
: valid, placed as senior synonym of
Astyanax hasemani
Eigenmann.
Diagnosis. The presence of a complete series of 36-39 perforated scales in the lateral line differentiate
C. alburnus
from
C. tipiaia
,
C. lepiclastus
,
C. alegretensis
,
and
C. macropinna
all of which have interrupted lateral lines. The unpigmented adipose fin of
C. alburnus
distinguishes it from
C. itaimbe
and
C. dicropotamicus
.
Description. A description of this species is given in
Malabarba (1983)
and it is not repeated here.